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Out in print since yesterday is our Pet Issue. It’s great, and you should definitely pick up a copy or check out the stories here:
•Portland’s Most Intriguing Cat Ladies – by Megan Burbank
•Pet? You Are NASTY! – by Elinor Jones
•Portland’s Pretty – by Marissa Sullivan
•Great Dogs of History! – by Ned Lannamann
•Pet Rent, Explained – by me, Doug Brown
•Make Your Pet Pay Rent! – by Erik Henriksen
•High on the Nip – by Suzette Smith
•A Better Journey – by Wm. Steven Humphrey
•On Second Thought… Maybe You Shouldn’t Get a Dog – by Katrina Douglas
Some major homelessness news: “After A Fraught Hearing, Terminal 1 Might Be Portland’s Largest Homeless Shelter Within Months.“
ICYMI: A Portland commercial bakery that makes baked goods for outlets like Starbucks and Walmart is facing a class action lawsuit for alleged mistreatment of its mostly-immigrant workforce. The outcome could have a huge impact on the pay for workers in the manufacturing industry.
Also ICYMI, a decision on a really old Lake Oswego house could slow demolitions of historic buildings in Portland:
Last week, the Oregon Supreme Court took a bite out of the “owner-consent” law that history buffs say causes trouble in Portland and beyond. The court ruled that a Lake Oswego ownership trust couldn’t lift the historical designation from that city’s oldest home—a large 1857 farmhouse known as the Carman House that’s given way to rodents and disrepair.
Instead, in a ruling that advocates expect will have ramifications around the state, justices found that only an owner who controlled a property at the time it was designated as historic can opt to reverse that designation. Subsequent owners are powerless.
The sky is going to be particularly interesting tonight. Here’s how to watch the the Perseid meteor shower.
KGW has a long and thorough investigation into Hanna the Pet Society, a local pet-leasing company, for mistreating and unnecessarily euthanizing adoptable dogs.
In the Portland Tribune this morning: “Sellwood gets new gateway, bridge art.”
A drunk driver who killed a Washington State University Vancouver math professor at the NE 60th St. and Wasco St. intersection was sentenced to just 20 days in jail, three years of probation, and fines.
If you were on the internet at all yesterday afternoon, you probably know that some dude climbed a good chunk of the the Trump Tower in New York with suction cups. The guy, a Donald Trump supporter, wanted to get a “private audience” Republican presidential candidate. Here’s a video that the dingus uploaded a day prior: